DETROIT (6/10/22) - Nicole "Colie" Shelwick has been named Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for the Detroit Mercy women's basketball team announced Head Coach
Kate Achter. Shelwick comes to the Titans after spending the 2021-22 season as an Assistant Coach on Achter's staff at Loyola Chicago.
"I'm thrilled to officially introduce Colie the Titan family. In assembling my staff, it was essential to have someone that is familiar with me and the daily expectations we will set for our program," said Achter. "Colie immediately brings that familiarity along with an excellent ability to build relationships with players, coaches and recruits. She knows the type of winning culture we hope to build here and she will be essential in spearheading our recruiting efforts in the state of Michigan and beyond."
In her lone season at Loyola during the 2021-22 campaign, Shelwick helped guide the Ramblers to a 18-12 record, which was the highest win total since the 1988-89 season, and a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) quarterfinal birth. Shelwick also served at the team's defensive coordinator helping the squad finish in the top-40 nationally in three NCAA defensive categories including 3-point field goal defense (12th), scoring defense (25th) and field goal percentage defense (37th). Under her guidance, two student-athletes earned MVC All-Conference honors in Allison Day and Freshman of the Year Maya Chandler.
"I am thrilled to be able to re-join Coach Achter here at Detroit Mercy," said Shelwick. "I have the utmost respect for her resilience and believe in the vision she has for the Titans' women's basketball program. I'm looking forward to building relationships and making a lasting impact."
Prior to Loyola, Shelwick spent four seasons as the Head Coach for the Indiana University Kokomo women's basketball team leading the squad to a 54-41 overall record. She led the Cougars to a River States Conference (RSC) West Division title in 2018-19, two postseason appearances and a pair of wins over nationally ranked opponents. Shelwick oversaw the development of seven All-RSC selections, including National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) All-American Deja Felder. Her teams also excelled in the classroom with a perfect graduation rate in addition to a 93 percent retention mark.
Prior to IU Kokomo, Shelwick served as Head Coach at Massasoit Community College in Brockton, Mass. during the 2016-17 season where she guided the Warriors to an 11-11 overall mark, a runner-up finish in the Massachusetts Community College Athletic Conference (MCCAC) Tournament and an appearance in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 21 semifinals.
During the 2015-16 season, Shelwick served as the Head Coach at the College of St. Elizabeth when she led the team to 10 conference wins after being hired a just 15 days prior to the start of the season and helped Ashley Pledger earn second-team all-conference honors.
Shelwick also served as an Assistant Coach at the University of Arkansas at Monticello during the 2014-15 campaign where she helped guide the team to their first winning season since 2008-09 followed by the program's first ever postseason tournament game win since joining the Great American Conference (GAC). She also developed DII All-American Jordan Goforth.
Shelwick also spent two seasons (2012-14) at Central Methodist University and was promoted from Graduate Assistant to Assistant Coach after one season where she helped guide the Eagles to its best start in program history at 16-1. The team went on to defeat three top-25 opponents, in addition to NCAA Division I foe Chicago State, to earn a No. 17 national ranking and receive the program's first ever NAIA National Tournament bid.
Shelwick earned a Master of Education and Administration Degree from Central Methodist in 2014. She was two-sport athlete during her collegiate years at Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss. where she earned a Bachelor of Art Degree in Communication.
Shelwick and her husband, Jerrod, have two sons, Jacobi and Jacori.
